Garment press



Jan. 13, 25. 1,522,559

C. E. WAREAM GARMENT PRESS Original Fil'ed Dec. 20, 1920 Mam ' .proved' arrangement of fluid. pressure actuat- Patented Jan. 13, 1925.

UNITED s'ra'rlzs P T NT OFFICE.

oHAntEs WAREAM, or cINoINNA'rI, ozno, AssIGNoR TO THE AMERICAN LAUNDRY MACHINERY COMPANY, or CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION or onto.

GARMENT PRESS.

Original application filed December 20,1920, Serial No. 432,149. Divided and this application filed August 24, 1922. Serial No. 584,036. 1

.To all whon it may concern.

Be it known that CHARLES E. WAREAM, a'

citizen of the United States residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Presses, of which the following is a specification. i This invention relates to garment presses,

and is a division of my co-pending applica-.

tion for garment presses, filed Dec. 20, 1920,

Serial No. 432,149.

The object of the present invention is to provide .animproved press embodying an imin devices for one of the pressing members, said devices being of" simple constructlon and readily controlled, andincluding a fluid pressure cylinder so arranged as to enable the water of condensation to be readily drained off or carried away without inter fering with the operation of the power cylinder.

- Further objects of the invention are in part obvious and in part will appear more in detail hereinafter.

The single figure in the drawing is a sectional elevation of a press embodying my 111- vention.

The machine shown in thedrawings com-.

prises a suitable frame including a'hollow base 1, side pillars 2 and a stationary cross head 3. a part of which is hollowed out to form the chamber et'of the stationary upper pressing member or head 5. The lower or pressing surface of said head co-operates with the padding. (ion the lower pressing member or bed 7 carried by a, standard 8011 a frame 9-which is provided with asu r rounding pan shaped shield 10', the front portion. of which may be'padded, shaped or otherwise formed as at 11, to receive the knee of the operator and which serves to protect the garment or article being operated upon from contacting with the mechanism of the press. Said frame 9 is also provided with a depending post 12 for actuation upwardly by the press closing means. I

The particular improvement covered by this divisional application relates to the fiuid'pressure actuating mechanism for elevating the lower pressing member. As illustrated, the stationary frame 1. has secured thereto a hollow cylinder 13 provided with an inlet and outlet channel 14: and enlarged sition.

' charge point. In said cylinder is a piston 18 having a suitable cup WZLShGf'lQ onits bottom and the stem 20 of which extends through the" cap 21 and packing22, so that its upper end lies beneath the depending post i 12 when the bed is in its rear position in registration with the head. Fluid pressure is applied to said cylinder through the channel 14 for elevating the piston and. thereby push ing the padded bed '7 up against the head 5.

The chamber 15 is hollowed out to such .size

that when the piston is in its uppermost position the volume of the hollow space in'said chamber surrounding the piston will be atleast equal to the'volume of the space above the piston and around its stem below the channel 16 when the piston is in its lower p0 in the space above it is inevitably carried up .to the channel 16 and thereby permitted to flow away without creating back pressure and opposing effective piston operation.- I

Thecontrolling valve mechanism 23 for the steam or fluid-pressure supply may be of operated by tr eadles 2st and 25. The drawings show the same valve arrangement 1llustrated in my P1101 application for garment Therefore; any water of condensation that may leak pastthe piston or collect any suitable form, the valves here being press, filed Feb 16, 1920, Serial No. 359,127,

to which reference may be had for a more complete description;

lVha't I claim is 1. In a'device of the class described, the

.coi'nbination of a fluid'p'ressure controlling icyhnder, a piston movable therein, and

means for supplying fluid pressure to, said cylinder, said cylinder having a' mampiston guidlng port onand an enlarged portion at the upper end of said main guiding portion,

said enlarged portion forming a condensation receiving chamber, the capacity of said chamber being asgreat as the capacity of the chamber-within themain piston guidingportion between the top of said main guiding. portion and the upper face of the piston when said position.

' '2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a fluid pressure controlling piston isin its. lowermost \'linder, a piston movable therein and means for supplying lluid pressure to said cylinder, said cylinder having a main piston guiding portion and an enlarged portion at the upper end of said main guiding por tion said enlarged portion forming a condensation receiving chamber provided with a channel draining to an outlet, the capacity of said chamber being as greatas the capacity of the chamber Within the main piston guiding portion between the top of said main guiding portion and the upper face of the piston when said piston is in its lowermost position.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a fluid pressure controlling cylinder, a piston movable therein, and

means for supplying fluid pressure to said cylinder, said cylinder having a main pisiton guiding portion and an enlarged poras the capacity of the chamber Within the main piston guiding portion between the top of sand main guiding portion and the upper face of the piston when said piston is in its lowermost position.

In testimony whereof I hereby aflix my signature.

CHARLES E. XVAREAM. 

